1. MR.
At Lehmann Maupin through June 23
Paintings and sculptures of wide-eyed teens are critical of anime and its fascination with young, scantily clad protagonists.
2. Takashi Murakami
At Gagosian Gallery through June 9
Murakami largely sets aside his usual candy-colored characters and compositions in favor of a more traditional subject: Daruma, the patriarch of Zen Buddhism who is said to have endured nine years of sleepless meditation.